When I was a teenager, my biggest lessons came from Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, George Strait, Rascal Flatts and Brad Paisley. I learned so much from opening up for those artists, and it also taught me how to treat your opening acts and make them feel like they're part of a family, not just a tour.

Fighting with him was like trying to solve a crossword and realizing there's no right answer

Every single one of us has a few months here or there that feel like dark months.

Fans are my favorite thing in the world. I've never been the type of artist who has that line drawn between their friends and their fans. The line's always been really blurred for me. I'll hang out with them after the show. I'll hang out with them before the show. If I see them in the mall, I'll stand there and talk to them for 10 minutes.

Nothing we say is gonna save us from the fall out

My friends tease me about the fact that if someone seems bad or shady or like they have a secret, I find them incredibly interesting.

I base a lot of decisions on my gut, and going with an independent label was a good one.